CCS sponsors Iran Democratic Transition Conference

January 26, 2011
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PRESS RELEASES

On January 22-24, 2011, IWP's Center for Culture and Security sponsored the Iran Democratic Transition Conference, in conjunction with George Washington University and the Confederation of Iranian Students (CIS), a pro-western independent student movement with chapters in Iran, United States, Canada, England, France, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Italy, Iraq, Turkey and Malaysia.

The program took a pragmatic approach to exploring the prospects of political change in Iran and to paving the way for the establishment of a secular, pluralistic, democratic government in Iran. A host of expert Iranian panelists, Iran scholars, and U.S. law makers discussed policy, strategic, and social issues to establish a shared vision of liberty.

IWP was honored to have Iranian political prisoner Arzhang Davoodi send his support to the Iranian conference. Please click here to hear his remarks. Arzhang Davoodi, teacher, poet, writer and political prisoner has been imprisoned for eight years and still has seven more years to serve for his opposition to the Islamic Republic and his life long fight for Freedom and Democracy. He is the Secretary General of the Iranian Freedom Movement and co-founder of the Confederation of Iranian Students. Please click here to read more.

Many thanks for organizing the conference go to Amir Abbas Fakhravar, IWP Research Fellow and co-founder, Confederation of Iranian Students (CIS), and Erica Kasraie, CIS spokesperson and Board member of the Iranian Freedom Institute.

And a special thanks must go to our generous supporters, who made this conference possible!